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Ken Salazar: And those key principles are, as President Obama has often said, first of all reducing our dangerous dependence on…

On the recordJuly 6, 2009
And those key principles are, as President Obama has often said, first of all reducing our dangerous dependence on foreign oil, second of all, creating millions of new energy jobs here in the United States of America, and third, safeguarding our children from the dangers of pollution.
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Ken Salazar
Democratic · Colorado

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Salazar outlines key principles for energy legislation supported by Obama.

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